Justice

[poliphilo]

All I ask is consistency. Either the seduction of a child is the most disgusting crime on the book or it's a forgiveable peccadillo; I can live with either. What I find unacceptable is a state of affairs where it's the most disgusting crime on the book when the offender is Creepy Joe Schmo and a forgiveable peccadillo when he's an Oscar-winning film director. Justice should be impartial; that's why its personification is shown wearing a blindfold.  I don't mind excuses being made for Polanski's behaviour- for example that he was traumatised by his childhood experiences- just so long that kind of indulgence is extended to every paedophile. A person's wealth, status, talent, and popularity should have no bearing on their standing in law. 

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[solar-diablo.livejournal.com]

I don't care if the man made some interesting films, cured cancer, designed the Sears Tower, and makes the world's best Bananas Foster. The facts of the case seem to be he forced himself on a child.

End of story.

As a sidebar, are there actually articles out there arguing for leniency, or even out and out excusing him? If so I'd like to read them, if only to see how they get around that very basic fact.

[jfs.livejournal.com]

http://m.independent.co.uk/;article=4/search/?t=Polanski&=Search

apparantly Polanski has "served his time".

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, Polanski has plenty of support- a lot of it, obviously, from within the industry that has allowed him to flourish and make movies.